Where to buy Verizon 4G simcard online?

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hatyrei

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Jul 29, 2011
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houston
Hi I just got HTC DNA, I added a line to my family account and I have the old HTC Incredible 2 with unlimited data plan. and I wanna switch it to that account . I tried to do it online but it won't let me. Then I called costumer support . They said that the Sim card in my new HTC DNA is pre registered with a number and can't be switch to your old one. And i need to purchase a new 4G simcard that is un-activated. Is there anyway. that we can by pass this? But when I did it to my other 3G phones it was ok I switched both HTC Incredible 2 and iPhone 4s before without a problem and both have sim card on it. Help?
 

Ferradinho

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Mar 20, 2010
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PDX
Customer care are idiots. I fix their mistakes every day. Any corporate Verizon store will give you a sim card and move the phone to the other line for free. If you can't make it into a corporate store do an esn change on the new line (use a basic phone or 13800000400) and it will free up the device/sim to be activated on your line. Theoretically, if you deactivate the sim on the new line it should be able to be used on your line the next day. VZW recently enabled reusing sim cards which makes it a lot easier moving phones, however, it doesn't reset the sim until the next day. For the most part this works, however, occasionally it will fail and you will need a new sim. Verizon 3G phones register on the network with an ESN and the sim is only used for global which is why you could do it before.
 

BigMace23

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Jan 30, 2010
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Customer care are idiots. I fix their mistakes every day. Any corporate Verizon store will give you a sim card and move the phone to the other line for free. If you can't make it into a corporate store do an esn change on the new line (use a basic phone or 13800000400) and it will free up the device/sim to be activated on your line. Theoretically, if you deactivate the sim on the new line it should be able to be used on your line the next day. VZW recently enabled reusing sim cards which makes it a lot easier moving phones, however, it doesn't reset the sim until the next day. For the most part this works, however, occasionally it will fail and you will need a new sim. Verizon 3G phones register on the network with an ESN and the sim is only used for global which is why you could do it before.

Could you elaborate on this? I am getting the DNA for its discounted price but keeping unlimited on my line. When I receive the phone I plan on activating it on the feature phone line I used to upgrade first and then moving it to my line,but since I'm coming from a thunderbolt I'll have to cut the sim/get a new one and it would be a lot easier to just use the sim that came with the phone (which is registered with the feature phone) and reset it for my number. Do I just dial 13800000400 to do this?

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